Groundbreaking national study supports enhanced uses of writing
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 09:05
in Psychology & Sociology
A major study linking writing to undergraduate learning and development shows that three features of writing assignments—an interactive writing process, a meaning-making writing task and clear writing expectations—are each positively associated with students' engagement in deep approaches to learning and with their perceived gains in learning and development. What's more, the effects are consistently greater than for the number of pages written.